Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Weakness · CWE-352

CVE-2025-32498

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-04-09
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in oleglark VKontakte Cross-Post vkontakte-cross-post allows Stored XSS.This issue affects VKontakte Cross-Post: from n/a through <= 0.3.2.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

A CSRF vulnerability in the VKontakte Cross-Post plugin (versions <= 0.3.2) allows authenticated attackers to craft malicious requests that inject arbitrary JavaScript into stored content. When other users view the injected content, the XSS payload executes in their browsers, enabling session hijacking, credential theft, or further privilege escalation.

MitigationUpdate to the latest version of VKontakte Cross-Post which includes proper CSRF token validation and sanitization. Until a patch is available, disable the plugin or implement additional server-side request validation.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm VKontakte Cross-Post plugin installation
    Locate the plugin in your CMS plugin directory (typically /wp-content/plugins/ or equivalent) and identify the version from the plugin header or version file
    Affected if The plugin folder named 'vkontakte-cross-post' or similar exists in the plugins directory
  2. Verify the installed version
    Open the main plugin file and locate the version declaration (commonly 'Version: x.x.x' in the file header)
    Affected if The reported version is 0.3.2 or any earlier version (0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0, etc.)
  3. Confirm the plugin is active
    Check the CMS plugin admin panel to see if VKontakte Cross-Post is enabled and running
    Affected if The plugin shows as active in the admin interface
  4. Check for stored content from the plugin
    Review your website database or content pages for entries created by or related to the VKontakte Cross-Post functionality
    Affected if Any posts, pages, or content entries created by the plugin exist in the system
  5. Inspect content for unsanitized input
    Examine stored content from the plugin in the database or admin panel, looking for any raw or unescaped characters that may indicate injected script tags
    Affected if Content contains unescaped HTML script tags or JavaScript event handlers

You are affected if the VKontakte Cross-Post plugin is installed, active, and running at version 0.3.2 or earlier, with any content created by the plugin accessible to other users.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update to the latest version of VKontakte Cross-Post which includes proper CSRF token validation and sanitization. Until a patch is available, disable the plugin or implement additional server-side request validation.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,930
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